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3 (Claims.

This invention relates to improvements .in trash and garbage receptaclesand has for an object to provide a substantially air-tight, odorless andsanitary device of this kind.

Another object of the invention is to provide a trash cabinet having afoot-operated closure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined trash andgarbage receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined trash cabinetclosure and trash box.

holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a trash cabinet 9,wall adapted to carry a trash container and also adapted to swingoutwardly from the cabinet to permit removal of the container or theinsertion of trash thereinto.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in a trash andgarbage cabinet a swinging support for removable receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet for trash,garbage, soiled clothes or other material, the cabinet having a hingedtop, an inner closure member carried by the top, a hinged wall carryinga receptacle and footoperated means whereby the top may be raised andthe wall swung out simultaneously.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet, a swinging wallhaving means for carrying a container and a gravity-controlled closurewithin the cabinet for the container.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet carrying anest of containers therein and means whereby the containers must benested in a certain manner in order that the cabinet may'be closed.

With the above and such other objects in view as may hereinafter morefully appear, I have invented the outfit illustrated in the accompany-ring drawings and described in the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my device.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a similar view, the cabinet being shown opened up to placematerial therein.

Figure 4 i a top plan view of the cabinet shown completely opened up.

Figure 5 is a similar view, the containers being removed from thecabinet.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-8 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a similar view, looking in the opposite direction with thereceptacle and the container removed together with parts associatedtherewith.

Figure 8 is a similar view, certain parts being in changed position.

Figure 9 is a side elevational view of a receptacle carrier and nestedcontainers therein, removed from the cabinet.

Figure 10 is a top plan view of a container.

Figure 11 is an elevational view of another container.

Figure 12 is a rear elevation of the device, with the central portion,the parts being broken away.

Figure 13 is an inner view of the top of the cabinet showing theconnections of the top and closure.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the followingspecification and in the several views in the drawings in which i is acabinet, preferably square in cross-section, and having integrallyconnected side walls 2,3 and t, and a removable front panel 5. To thebottom of the side edges of which are fixed hinge members 6 havingsemi-circular notches i in the bottom thereof which are adapted to seaton the cylindrical pin 8 connecting the walls 2 and :3 adjacent thebottom thereof, whereby said panel 5 is pivotally mounted in the frontof the cabi net. Fixed to the inner surface 9 of the panel 5 and at thebottom thereof is a box-like recep tacle or carrier 10 in which isremovably seated a rectangular container ll fortrash or any othermaterial. Provided in the upper edges l2 and i3 of the walls M and i5 ofsaid container I! are recesses l6 and I! very slightly ofiset forwardlyfrom the vertical centers of said edges, and the purpose of saidrecesses is to receive the lugs 18 and i9 projecting outwardly from theupper edge 20 of the garbage container 2!. The aforesaid arrangement ofthe recesses l6 and Ill is in order that the bail 22, secured to lugs 18and I9, can only overhang the front side of the container H for easygrasping, and not interfere with grasping the bail 23 of said containerII when it is desired to remove the container it from the cabinet norwith the closure for the container 2! presently described.

Pivotally mounted, as at 25' on the inner surface 26 of the side wall 5is a cam 25 having an outwardly projecting lever lug 2G with anoutwardly extending pin 21 which projects through an arcuate slot 28provided in the wall 6 adjacent the lower end thereof. To this pin isfixed a treadle 29 upon which a person's foot may press to actuate saidcam. Fixed to the opposite side 30 of said cam is another lever lug 311which carries an inwardly extending flange 32 adapted to seat under thebottom edge 33 of carrier It in order that when the pedal 29 is presseddown and the cam thus rotated, the flange will drive the edge 33 of thecarrier l up, thus tilting the same and swinging the panel out, asindicated in Figure 3 of the drawings. The flange 32 normally rests on astop ledge 33 on the side 3 and supports the carrier III. This swingingmovement is limited by a stop pin 34 projecting inwardly from thecabinet wall 2, whereby the panel is permitted to move outwardly onlyfar enough to permit the removal of the container H. Riding on the upperedge 35 of the cam 25 is a vertically disposed rod 38 which moves up anddown through openings in vertically spaced keepers 31 and 38 fixed tothe wall 4. The rod 36 is provided with a head 39 above which projectsinwardly from said rod a finger 40 which seats in the path of theU-shaped flange 4i project- 1113 from the inner surface 42 of a closuremember 43 for the garbage container 2|. The member 43 is supported by apair of pins 44 and 45 pro- Jectlng outwardly from the side edges 46 and41 of said member 43, said pins operating freely in slots 48 and 49 inthe brackets 50 and 5| projecting downwardly from the inner surface ofthe lid 52 of the cabinet and to which the member 43 is hingedlyconnected, as indicated at 45. The lid 52 of the cabinet is hinged tothe rear wall of the cabinet by means of lugs 54 extending rearwardlyfrom the brackets 50 and 5| which operate in recesses 55 in said rearwall in the upper edge 55 thereof. The rear edge 51 of said lid extendsslightly beyond said rear wall, whereby said extension forms a stop tolimit the movement of the lid beyond vertical when raised. Handles 58and 59 are provided on the opposite walls 2 and 4, for convenience inmoving the cabinet from place to place.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A trash cabinet comprising connected side walls and a front panelprovided with a hinged lower end whereby said panel is swingable intoopened and closed positions respectively, a container, means tosupport'sald container on said panel within the cabinet when the panelis closed and for swinging part way out of the cabinet when said panelis opened, an upwardly opening lid for the cabinet, an upwardly openingclosure for the container, treadle operative means for swinging saidpanel outwardly, and means operative' by said treadle operative meansfor opening said closure including a vertically movable rod in saidcabinet, and a cam for moving said rod upwardly.

2. A trash cabinet comprising connected side walls and front panelprovided with a hinged lower. end whereby said panel is swingable intoopened and closed positions respectively, a container, means to supportsaid container on said panel within the cabinet when the panel is closedand for swinging part way out of the cabinet when said panel is opened,an upwardly opening lid for the cabinet, an upwardly opening closure forthe container, treadle operative means for swinging said paneloutwardly, and means operative by said treadle operative means foropening said closure and thereby said lid, said closure being.

hinged to said lid for opening against the same to open the lid with adelayed action.

3. A trash cabinet comprising connected side walls and a front panelprovided with a hinged lower end whereby said panel is swingable intoopened and closed positions, respectively, a container, means to supportsaid container on said panel within the cabinet when the panel is closedand for swinging part way out of the cabinet when said panel is opened,an upwardly opening lid for the cabinet, an upwardly opening closure forthe container, treadle operative means for swinging said paneloutwardly. means operative by said treadle operative means for openingsaid closure and thereby said lid, and connections between said lid andclosure whereby said closure may be opened by opening of said lidindependently of operation of said closure opening means I KENNETH L.BROWN.

